Carey, Marshman and Ward - the Serampore Trio.

'It would be difficult to cite another example of so firm and uninterrupted a union of three men for so long a period. That union was created by the magnitude of the object in which they were engaged, and by that elevation of views which it imparted, and was strengthened by the difficulties they had to encounter. They seemed as if they had been born to act together, and every attempt which was made to separate them only served to increase the strength of their union. With no small difference of opinion on many points, and much diversity of temper, there was never any discord among them, or any diminution of mutual confidence'.

John Clark Marshman, 1859.

Portrait of Carey courtesy Serampore College, portraits of Marshman and Ward courtesy Derby Local Studies Library.

 

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